Copyright?

This week I looked at copyright. Understanding the rules and regulations can be somewhat tricky but I have found its imperative to ensure the work you produce if not your own is allowed to be used and also attributed in the correct manner. Some really useful websites I have found to look to reusable materials is creative commons and flickr for images. I have also bookmarked and used imagecodr to provide me with HTML tags to images so that I use them appropriately with the appropriate attribution, such as this image example;

 

Understanding copyright and how to use and not use materials and images is an important aspect of becoming a teacher as it falls in line with teaching standard 4.5 using ICT safely, responsibly and ethically.

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